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Beach volleyball
09/02/2017

Fort Lauderdale Major pool play to be completed on Thursday

Fort Lauderdale, USA, February 9, 2017 - Thursday’s schedule at the $600,000 Fort Lauderdale Major will feature 24 men’s (16 pool and eight elimination) and 30 women’s pool play matches as the 2017 FIVB World Tour season opens the international beach volleyball season. The women's elimination rounds will begin on Friday.

The men’s semifinal and medal matches will be staged Saturday. The women’s final four matches will be Sunday as the winning pairs will split the $50,000 first-place prizes.

Twelve men’s teams posted 2-0 pool play records here Wednesday along with two women’s pairs - fourth-seeded Julia Grossner/Kira Walkenhorst of Germany and 13th-seeded Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat of the United States in Pool D.